#MEwx Still rainy, less windy, flood watch and a holiday pumpkin cheese cake

Good Morning Augusta

We're still under a flood watch so don't drive through deep puddles!

This morning we have more rain with isolated thunderstorms during morning hours, then showers likely this afternoon. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall this morning with highs in the lower 60s. Winds are Northwest 10 to 15 mph gusting to 30 mph.

Tonight we'll have mostly cloudy conditions with a chance of rain showers during evening hours, turning partly cloudy after midnight. Lows will be in the mid 30s with south winds around 10 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Our outdoor temperature is 63.7°F, the humidity is 96% the Dew point is 62.6°F and a wind chill of 63.7°F.

The wind direction is Northwest between 0.1 MPH and 2.5 MPH.

The Relative pressure is 29.57, the Absolute pressure is 29.37 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun/clouds.

If you want to see real-time instrument readings from my personal weather station click Here. That will take you directly to my weather station.

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with gloomy dark and rainy skies.

The UV rating is  0 out of 16, The moon is 98.8% illuminated, the moon phase is     Waning Gibbous, Sunrise is 6:55 am↑ 120° Southeast, Sunset is 4:01 pm↑ 239° Southwest, Moonrise is 4:59 pm↑ 55° Northeast, Moonset is 8:03 am↑ 304° Northwest and we'll have 9 hours 6 minutes of daylight today.

We received a very windy 2.93 inches of rain here over the past 24 hours.

Okay, enough with the leftover turkey recipes. Let's get fattening!

HOLIDAY PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE

Serves 8

1 (8 oz) packages Philadelphia fat-free cream cheese

1 (4 serving) package JELLO sugar-free instant butterscotch pudding mix

2/3 cup nonfat dry milk

1 (15 oz) can pumpkin

1 ½ tsp pumpkin pie spice

¾ cup Cool Whip Lite

1 (6 oz) graham cracker piecrust

2 tbsp chopped pecans

 

In a large bowl, stir cream cheese with a spoon until soft.  Add dry pudding mix, dry milk powder, pumpkin, and pumpkin pie spice.  Mix well using a wire whisk.  Blend in ¼ cup Cool Whip Lite.  Spread mixture into piecrust.  Evenly spread remaining ½ cup Cool Whip Lite over filling.  Evenly sprinkle pecans over top.  Refrigerate for at least 2 hours.   Cut into 8 servings.

 

Exchanges:  2/starch/carbohydrate   -  1 meat   -  1 fat  227 calories   -   7 gm fat   -   12 gm protein   -   39 carbohydrate   -   679 sodium   -   89 mg calcium   -   3 gm fiber